Two bidders—encompassing four private equity firms—are submitting final bids Friday to buy Lightyear’s Advisor Group for $2.2 to $2.7 billion.

David Ballard will lead Ladenburg Thalmann’s new initiative to enhance the advisor experience across its broker/dealers.

Phoenix-based Advisor Group has more than 7,000 advisors nationwide.

Lori Love will be Advisor Group's first chief customer experience officer and will focus on improving the firm's offering to advisors.

Co-founded by Michael Kitces and Alan Moore, AdvicePay has picked up six more enterprise clients since its January launch.

Investors were more than twice as likely to recommend their advisor if they explained what is happened in 2018, according to J.D. Power.

Ben Brigeman, nonexecutive chairman of the board of directors, will take over as interim CEO, according to sources close to the firm.

Final bids to buy Kestra are due today, and private equity firm Warburg Pincus looks to be in the lead.

Talks between the private equity owners of Cetera and Advisor Group reportedly broke down last week, as some advisors say Cetera is struggling to meet their expectations.

A day in the life of the advisors of the future. By Ed Obuchoswki